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that involves numerous actors. Once the decision to launch a suicide
attack has been made, its implementation requires at least six separate
operations: target selection, intelligence gathering, recruitment,
physical and «spiritual» training, preparation of explosives, and
transportation of the suicide bombers to the target area.
      Such a mission often involves dozens of terrorists and
accomplices who have no intention of committing suicide, but without
whom no suicide operation could take place.


   Exercises to Part I of the text «Rational Fanatics»

      I. Find the following words and phrases in the text, translate them and
learn them by heart:
      suicide bomber, explosion, to destroy, to damage, to carry out,
target area, to escape, perpetrator, to benefit, rescue operation, casualty.
      II. Find English equivalents of the following in the text:
     òåððîðèñò-ñàìîóáèéöà; îäèíîêèå ôàíàòèêè; ñåòü òåððîðèç-
ìà, âåñòè îáäóìàííóþ ïñèõîëîãè÷åñêóþ âîéíó; ðàñïðîñòðàíåí-
íîå ìíåíèå; ìîùíûå âçðûâû ðàçðóøèëè íåáîñêðåáû-áëèçíå-
öû; áûëè âûïîëíåíû ìóñóëüìàíñêèìè ýêñòðåìèñòàìè; ðàéîí,
ãäå íàõîäèòñÿ îáúåêò óíè÷òîæåíèÿ; âçîðâàëè áîìáû; ñìåðòü ïðå-
ñòóïíèêà; ýêñïåðòû ñëóæáû áåçîïàñíîñòè; äëÿ òîãî, ÷òîáû âîñ-
ïîëüçîâàòüñÿ ðåçóëüòàòàìè; ïóòè îòñòóïëåíèÿ; îïåðàöèÿ ïî
ñïàñåíèþ; ìàññîâûå ïîòåðè óáèòûìè è ðàíåíûìè; îãðîìíûå
ðàçðóøåíèÿ; âûäàòü âàæíóþ èíôîðìàöèþ; îãðîìíîå âëèÿíèå
íà îáùåñòâåííîñòü è ÑÌÈ; âûáîð öåëè; ñáîð èíôîðìàöèè;
ïîèñê èñïîëíèòåëåé; ïîäãîòîâêà âçðûâíûõ óñòðîéñòâ.
      III. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word or phrase from those given
below: to benefit, explosion, rescued, suicide bomber, casualties.
       1. ... is the last link in a long organizational chain. 2. Suicide
bombers don’t intent ... from the terrorist act. 3. Both sides had suffered
heavy ... . 4. The ... caused serious damage to the building. 5. They were
... by helicopter.
      IV. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.
     1. Òåððîðèñòû-ñàìîóáèéöû — ýòî ëèøü ïåøêè â îáøèð-
íîé òåððîðèñòè÷åñêîé ñåòè. 2. Âñåìèðíûé òåððîðèçì âåäåò îá-


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